Plant acquisitive strategies promote resistance and temporal stability of semiarid grasslands

Among ecologists, it is widely believed that conservative growth strategies of plants are crucial for sustaining ecosystem stability, while the potential stabilising role of acquisitive strategies has received little attention. We investigated the relationships between plant traits and three stabili...

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Autores: Yan, Pu|||0000-0001-5614-9355, He, Nianpeng|||0000-0002-0458-5953, Fernández-Martínez, Marcos|||0000-0002-5661-3610, Yang, Xian, Zuo, Yiping, Zhang, Hao, Wang, Jing, Chen, Shiping, Song, Jian|||0000-0001-9957-6533, Li, Guoyong|||0000-0003-0932-4063, Valencia, Enrique|||0000-0003-3359-0759, Wan, Shiqiang, Jiang, Lin|||0000-0002-7114-0794
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2025
País:España
Institución:Universitat Autònoma de Barcelona
Repositorio:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UAB
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ddd.uab.cat:318705
Acceso en línea:https://ddd.uab.cat/record/318705
https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1111/ele.70110
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Acquisitive strategies
Conservative strategies
Drought
Plant functional traits
Semi-arid grasslands
Stability
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spelling Plant acquisitive strategies promote resistance and temporal stability of semiarid grasslandsYan, Pu|||0000-0001-5614-9355He, Nianpeng|||0000-0002-0458-5953Fernández-Martínez, Marcos|||0000-0002-5661-3610Yang, XianZuo, YipingZhang, HaoWang, JingChen, ShipingSong, Jian|||0000-0001-9957-6533Li, Guoyong|||0000-0003-0932-4063Valencia, Enrique|||0000-0003-3359-0759Wan, ShiqiangJiang, Lin|||0000-0002-7114-0794Acquisitive strategiesConservative strategiesDroughtPlant functional traitsSemi-arid grasslandsStabilityAmong ecologists, it is widely believed that conservative growth strategies of plants are crucial for sustaining ecosystem stability, while the potential stabilising role of acquisitive strategies has received little attention. We investigated the relationships between plant traits and three stability dimensions-temporal stability, resistance and resilience-using two complementary datasets from drought-affected semi-arid grasslands: a temporal plant community survey from a single site and a 1000-km transect survey with satellite-derived productivity estimates. We found strikingly consistent patterns from the two datasets, with grasslands dominated by acquisitive strategies exhibiting greater resistance and temporal stability of productivity. Acquisitive strategies enhance stability by facilitating drought escape and avoidance, rather than drought tolerance typically associated with conservative strategies. These results highlight the important but underappreciated role of acquisitive strategies in enhancing ecosystem resistance to disturbances and maintaining temporal stability in semi-arid grasslands. 22025-01-0120252025-01-01Articlehttp://purl.org/coar/resource_type/c_6501VoRhttp://purl.org/coar/version/c_970fb48d4fbd8a85info:eu-repo/semantics/articleapplication/pdfhttps://ddd.uab.cat/record/318705https://dx.doi.org/urn:doi:10.1111/ele.70110reponame:Dipòsit Digital de Documents de la UABinstname:Universitat Autònoma de BarcelonaInglésengAgencia Estatal de Investigación https://doi.org/10.13039/501100011033 PID2022-140398NA-I00open accesshttp://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2Aquest document està subjecte a una llicència d'ús Creative Commons. Es permet la reproducció total o parcial, la distribució, la comunicació pública de l'obra i la creació d'obres derivades, fins i tot amb finalitats comercials, sempre i quan es reconegui l'autoria de l'obra original.https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessoai:ddd.uab.cat:3187052026-06-06T12:50:31Z
dc.title.none.fl_str_mv Plant acquisitive strategies promote resistance and temporal stability of semiarid grasslands
title Plant acquisitive strategies promote resistance and temporal stability of semiarid grasslands
spellingShingle Plant acquisitive strategies promote resistance and temporal stability of semiarid grasslands
Yan, Pu|||0000-0001-5614-9355
Acquisitive strategies
Conservative strategies
Drought
Plant functional traits
Semi-arid grasslands
Stability
title_short Plant acquisitive strategies promote resistance and temporal stability of semiarid grasslands
title_full Plant acquisitive strategies promote resistance and temporal stability of semiarid grasslands
title_fullStr Plant acquisitive strategies promote resistance and temporal stability of semiarid grasslands
title_full_unstemmed Plant acquisitive strategies promote resistance and temporal stability of semiarid grasslands
title_sort Plant acquisitive strategies promote resistance and temporal stability of semiarid grasslands
dc.creator.none.fl_str_mv Yan, Pu|||0000-0001-5614-9355
He, Nianpeng|||0000-0002-0458-5953
Fernández-Martínez, Marcos|||0000-0002-5661-3610
Yang, Xian
Zuo, Yiping
Zhang, Hao
Wang, Jing
Chen, Shiping
Song, Jian|||0000-0001-9957-6533
Li, Guoyong|||0000-0003-0932-4063
Valencia, Enrique|||0000-0003-3359-0759
Wan, Shiqiang
Jiang, Lin|||0000-0002-7114-0794
author Yan, Pu|||0000-0001-5614-9355
author_facet Yan, Pu|||0000-0001-5614-9355
He, Nianpeng|||0000-0002-0458-5953
Fernández-Martínez, Marcos|||0000-0002-5661-3610
Yang, Xian
Zuo, Yiping
Zhang, Hao
Wang, Jing
Chen, Shiping
Song, Jian|||0000-0001-9957-6533
Li, Guoyong|||0000-0003-0932-4063
Valencia, Enrique|||0000-0003-3359-0759
Wan, Shiqiang
Jiang, Lin|||0000-0002-7114-0794
author_role author
author2 He, Nianpeng|||0000-0002-0458-5953
Fernández-Martínez, Marcos|||0000-0002-5661-3610
Yang, Xian
Zuo, Yiping
Zhang, Hao
Wang, Jing
Chen, Shiping
Song, Jian|||0000-0001-9957-6533
Li, Guoyong|||0000-0003-0932-4063
Valencia, Enrique|||0000-0003-3359-0759
Wan, Shiqiang
Jiang, Lin|||0000-0002-7114-0794
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author
author
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author
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dc.subject.none.fl_str_mv Acquisitive strategies
Conservative strategies
Drought
Plant functional traits
Semi-arid grasslands
Stability
topic Acquisitive strategies
Conservative strategies
Drought
Plant functional traits
Semi-arid grasslands
Stability
description Among ecologists, it is widely believed that conservative growth strategies of plants are crucial for sustaining ecosystem stability, while the potential stabilising role of acquisitive strategies has received little attention. We investigated the relationships between plant traits and three stability dimensions-temporal stability, resistance and resilience-using two complementary datasets from drought-affected semi-arid grasslands: a temporal plant community survey from a single site and a 1000-km transect survey with satellite-derived productivity estimates. We found strikingly consistent patterns from the two datasets, with grasslands dominated by acquisitive strategies exhibiting greater resistance and temporal stability of productivity. Acquisitive strategies enhance stability by facilitating drought escape and avoidance, rather than drought tolerance typically associated with conservative strategies. These results highlight the important but underappreciated role of acquisitive strategies in enhancing ecosystem resistance to disturbances and maintaining temporal stability in semi-arid grasslands.
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